FFS.

Kinja'd!!! "fhrblig" (fhrblig)
06/23/2018 at 10:59 • Filed to: None

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My partner was just rear-ended on his way to work.

It sounds minor, but there’s some damage.

Ok, this can stop now please.

ETA: here’s the pic he sent me. Minor, but still.

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The person behind him was rear ended and pushed into his car.


DISCUSSION (21)


Kinja'd!!! MrDakka > fhrblig
06/23/2018 at 11:12

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A multi car accident? Yeesh


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > fhrblig
06/23/2018 at 11:12

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Oh come on, WTF?  Does look like a new cover, panel, and some clips should fix it hopefully?


Kinja'd!!! XJDano > fhrblig
06/23/2018 at 11:17

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Well , give him a hug when you see him. Damn. 


Kinja'd!!! cbell04 > fhrblig
06/23/2018 at 11:18

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Ouch. My coworker got plowed yesterday too. No one is paying attention whil e driving these days. I sit real high in the promaster and can see right in cars and at least half are playing on phones during rush hour..

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Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > fhrblig
06/23/2018 at 11:28

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You are NOT having good luck with cars this week.


Kinja'd!!! Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > fhrblig
06/23/2018 at 11:52

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Well at least the damage is only limited to the bumper...


Kinja'd!!! Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > cbell04
06/23/2018 at 11:57

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I only read this part of your comment:

“My coworker got plowed yesterday”

And then I did a google image search on that statement and I found this:

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Kinja'd!!! cluelessk > WilliamsSW
06/23/2018 at 12:02

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The back panel usually takes a bit of damage along with the frame end flange. All easily repairable, new rebar, absorber and bumper and you’re set.

Nothing structural besides the rebar and  it’s a bolt on part.


Kinja'd!!! lone_liberal > fhrblig
06/23/2018 at 12:09

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When it rains it pours. It seems like this shit always happens at the worst time.  A similar thing happened to my wife except it was hard enough to total her car just when we were trying to buy a house. At least everybody was ok at both accidents?


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > cluelessk
06/23/2018 at 12:21

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You’re probably right - it always takes a little more than it appears. As long as it doesn’t go past that bolt on structural bumper the cost won’t be too bad.

That’s a very new car, IIRC, too.


Kinja'd!!! fhrblig > WilliamsSW
06/23/2018 at 12:49

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I think so. I'm hoping it'll be a quick repair since this is our only car now.


Kinja'd!!! fhrblig > lone_liberal
06/23/2018 at 12:51

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Yeah, no one is hurt. It just sucks because he loves this car and he’s been having a rough time of it lately.

Honestly, his is way more of an inconvenience than mine was. I barely drive mine anymore because of my work vehicle.


Kinja'd!!! fhrblig > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
06/23/2018 at 12:51

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LOL, I SE what you did there. But I'm a good Sport.


Kinja'd!!! fhrblig > XJDano
06/23/2018 at 12:52

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I brought him cookies and a cold drink, too.


Kinja'd!!! fhrblig > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/23/2018 at 12:52

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Nope. Think I'm gonna stay inside for the rest of the weekend.


Kinja'd!!! fhrblig > MrDakka
06/23/2018 at 12:53

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Fortunately it was just collateral damage for him and he wasn't the main impact.


Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > fhrblig
06/23/2018 at 13:23

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Ma ybe this is a rule of threes thing. Best not to drive again until someone else has an accident.


Kinja'd!!! fhrblig > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
06/23/2018 at 13:26

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It is, this was our third . I had a fender bender in my work van earlier in the week that was so minor it did almost no damage to either car. The scratch to the other guy's rental car was so small that the rental company basically blew it off, and the dent to my bumper cover popped right out and you can barely tell. 3 mph crash > 40 mph crash.


Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > fhrblig
06/23/2018 at 13:28

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Good, you're safe now.


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > fhrblig
06/23/2018 at 14:09

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Isn’t that car only a few months old, too?

SMDH...


Kinja'd!!! fhrblig > WilliamsSW
06/23/2018 at 14:22

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Yup. Bought it in February.